Historical Context
The year in the Islamic calendar when the event of Ghadir took place.
Answer: What is 10 A.H.?
The place where the Prophet (PBUH&HP) delivered the sermon on his return from Hajj.
Answer: What is Ghadir Khumm?
The verse revealed just before the Prophet's (PBUH&HP) sermon at Ghadir Khumm.
Answer: What is Quran 5:67 ("O Messenger! Deliver...")?
The Arabic word used by the Prophet (PBUH&HP) meaning “Master” or “Leader.”
Answer: What is "Mawla"?
He was the first person whose hand the Prophet (PBUH&HP) raised at Ghadir Khumm.
Answer: Who is Imam Ali (PBUH)?
The name of the Prophet’s final pilgrimage.
Answer: What is Hajjat al-Wida (Farewell Pilgrimage)?
This natural feature gave the location "Ghadir Khumm" its name.
Answer: What is a pool formed by rainwater?
The verse revealed after the sermon at Ghadir Khumm.
Answer: What is Quran 5:3 ("Today I have perfected your religion...")?
These two "weighty things" were emphasized by the Prophet (PBUH&HP) in his sermon.
Answer: What are the Quran and the Prophet's progeny?
She was one of the female companions who narrated the Hadith of Ghadir.
Answer: Who is Ayeshe bint Abibakr?
The approximate number of people said to have joined the Prophet (PBUH&HP) on his final Hajj.
Answer: What is 70,000 to 120,000?
This many companions are recorded to have narrated the Hadith of Ghadir directly.
Answer: Who are 110 companions?
According to the text, these two verses are considered unique in tone and content among the Quran.
Answer: What are Quran 5:67 and Quran 5:3?
A term used in Hadith studies to refer to a narration with many chains of transmission.
Answer: What is "Mutawatir"?
He was a famous poet who recited a poem confirming the Prophet's (PBUH&HP) declaration about Imam Ali.
Answer: Who is Hassan ibn Thabit?